A technique to simulate human interaction: relational styles leading to a schizophrenic communication pattern and back to normal.
This article describes an attempt to use a theoretical model of human interaction called the elementary pragmatic model to determine which communication style leads from a normal subject's interactive pattern to a schizophrenic's and, conversely, from schizophrenia to normality. Results of this experimentation reveal a clear correspondence with the data published in the literature on communication deviances and family therapy. The computer simulation indicates preferential ways of therapeutic intervention.
De Giacomo
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Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bari, Italy.
Pierri
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Lefons
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Mich
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D003142:Communication; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006698:Holtzman Inkblot Test; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology